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| Indian Pipes, Monotropa uniflora |
Squam Swamp is a wonderful wood, deep and wet and filled with ferns. It seems primal, likely to host fairies in its mossy stumps. Today’s walk during Tropical Storm Elsa gave hints of the late summer and fall to come. The first red leaves were on the path along with swamp azalea blooms, and the mushrooms seemed more late summer than high summer. But there were still some late daisies in sunny spots.
I was seeking Indian Pipes , monotropa uniflora, which I’ve seen here in July in the past. I found it between posts 12 and 14. It is also called Ghost Pipes.
The mushrooms made it seem more like fall: from golden chanterelles to the deadly amanita ( eastern North American Destroying Angel.)The eastern platterfull mushroom (megacollybia rodmanii) and jellied coral fungus rounded out the shrooms.
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| Golden Chantarelles |
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Cantarellus cibarius
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| Deadly Amanita |
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| Amanita Bisporigera, Destroying Angel |
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Megacollybia rodmanii
Eastern American Platterful Mushroom
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